Evolution

In a vast game of chance and competition, things can get ugly

An analysis spanning geologic history found that species able to occupy different ecological niches have a survival edge

Originally published in September 1899

Duke University evolutionary biologist Mohamed A. F. Noor talks about his book Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds.

Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training.

How early pterosaurs walked on the ground has been a complete mystery. Now the first known trackways of their footprints offer answers

Neandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping.

Put down that jelly donut and learn the evolutionary science behind why sugar makes us salivate

A fossil found in Alaska may help explain why a mysterious group of seagoing creatures went extinct

Here are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that makes it look like a deadly snake’s head.

One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

New work shows how jackdaw flocks (sometimes) transition from chaos to order